Our family's historical journey through time.
1. | Sylvia Comstock Collier was born on 27 Jun 1815 (daughter of Elisha Collier and Charlotte Merrick); died on 8 Jul 1881 in Alymer, Quebec. Other Events:
Sylvia married Peter Howard Church on 6 Mar 1832 in Merrickville, Leeds & Grenville, Ontario, Canada. Peter died on 20 Apr 1875 in Alymer, Quebec. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
2. | Elisha Collier was born in 1785; died in 1854. Other Events:
Elisha married Charlotte Merrick. Charlotte (daughter of William Merrick and Sylvia Comstock) was born on 7 Mar 1791 in Merrickville, Grenville Ontario, Can; died in 1867. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
3. | Charlotte Merrick was born on 7 Mar 1791 in Merrickville, Grenville Ontario, Can (daughter of William Merrick and Sylvia Comstock); died in 1867. Other Events:
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6. | William Merrick was born on 30 Apr 1763 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts (son of William Merrick and Ruth LNU); died on 5 Jul 1844 in Merrickville, Grenville Ontario, Canada; was buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Merrickville, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada. Other Events:
Notes: William Merrick was recommended by Governor Simcoe to build the mill to open up the Rideau. The mill is located near the site called "Factory Village" and on the Ka-ya-derosseras Creek, where General Gordon also built a grist mill. He and his wife, Sylvia Comstock, came to Canada as United Empire Loyalists, where he founded the town of Merrickville, near Montreal, in 1789. Other residences of William Merrick are New Oswegatchie and Sorrel, Quebec, Canada. This source also gives the year of death for William Merrick as 1842. (Snowdon - North Wales, Britain to Union, New York, USA (Southwest of Syracuse, NY). William married Sylvia Comstock. Sylvia was born on 23 Feb 1848 in Merrickville, Grenville County, Ontario,Canada; died on 23 Feb 1848 in Merrickville, Grenville Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
7. | Sylvia Comstock was born on 23 Feb 1848 in Merrickville, Grenville County, Ontario,Canada; died on 23 Feb 1848 in Merrickville, Grenville Ontario, Canada. Other Events:
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12. | William Merrick was born on 18 Jun 1730 in Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut; was christened in in , SPRINGFIELD, HAMPDEN, MASSACHUSETTS (son of Ebenezer Merrick and Mehitable Moore); died in 1805 in Cazenovia, Madison County, New York. Other Events:
Notes: Williams son of Ebenezer, Thomas, William married Ruth LNU in New York. Ruth was born in 1730; died in 1804 in Cazenovia, Madison County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
13. | Ruth LNU was born in 1730; died in 1804 in Cazenovia, Madison County, New York. Other Events:
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